The government doesn't want you to know it, but people spontaneously combust all the time-That's why you see so many sneakers hanging from power lines

The sheer volume of crappy papers (and the fact that I've really done nothing but grade papers for the last week) has kept me from posting more frequently. Some of the papers are good, and there are others...

Last week, while taking a break from said papers, I participated in the Grad. Teaching Assistant Tradition of looking up my reviews on ratemyprofessor.com. Aside from the creepily stalker-ish ("I WANT TO HAVE HIS BABIES!!!"), the most frightening was this Hitleresque one:

"He's really charismatic; he's able to teach without making it seem like he's doing anything."

Edited for comparison:

"He's really charismatic; he's able to [take control of Germany/invade Poland/commit genocide] without making it seem like he's doing anything."